Science of emotions and experiential trainingin the healthcare realm

Abstract

The aim of this article is to highlight the role of emotional education in the healthcare sector. Educating healthcare professionals in the science of emotions and the chemistry of well-being, today more than ever, represents a fundamental objective for building a healthy and effective care relationship. Teaching the key principles of Emotional Intelligence and the Metodo D.O.S.E.® means training empathetic professionals, capable of greater self-control and active listening, able to tune into the patient’s emotional experience and stimulate the endogenous production of neurotransmitters and neurohormones of well-being to the advantage of one’s own and others’ quality of life, thus fostering care centered on the person before the pathology.